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The following two common words are used in a different sense in the poem. Guess what they mean
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Comment on the symbols used in ‘A Munda Song’. What aspect of the tribal worldview do they reflect?
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'Constancy' is the theme of the poem. Indicate the words, phrases, and images that suggest the theme.
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Explain the significance of the lines ‘I tie this Ridin creeper To fasten your soul to your body.’
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Why do you think the poet has used so many 'negatives' to make his statement?
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What does the line 'I never writ, nor no man ever loved' imply?
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Love is presented as the subject or the doer of actions in the poem. Why do you think the poet has used this form rather than involving human agents?
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What is the central argument of the speaker?
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Explain the phrase.
his bending sickle's compass
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Explain the phrase.
Time's fool
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What does the bird in the poem announce? How is this related to the title, ‘Coming’?
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What, according to Ruskin, are the limitations of the good book of the hour?
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What are the criteria that Ruskin feels that readers should fulfil to make themselves fit for the company of the Dead?
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Why does Ruskin feel that reading the work of a good author is a painstaking task?
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Why is the speaker’s childhood described as ‘a forgotten boredom’?
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What causes the element of surprise when the child comes on the scene of 'adult reconciling'?
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What is the emphasis placed by Ruskin on accuracy?
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What two things are compared in the poem?
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How do you respond to these lines?
Light, chill and yellow,
Bathes the serene
Foreheads of houses
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Discuss in pairs
Ruskin's insistence on looking intensely at words, and assuring oneself of meaning, syllable by syllable – nay, letter by letter.
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